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Originally Posted by 1 God
They taught us 1 interpretation with many applications, which became many interpretations and many applications. Spiritualization of scripture is the root cause of denominational-isms. They all think something can also mean other things too.
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It's called "midrash", it's a rabbinical interpretive approach that results in whatever far flung fantasy the interpreter can come up with. That's what you are describing. It has infected a lot of Christendom. We've seen it here on this thread, even.
Application of scripture can be tricky, hence Peter's warning about how the unstable wrest the scriptures to their own doom.